National briefs

David Jones
publicist Kristy Fraser-Kirk will today seek a court-enforced regime to protect the confidentiality of other, unnamed women mentioned in her $37 million sexual harassment claim against David Jones and former chief executive
Mark McInnes
. Hannah Low

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s global firms earned $US26.6 billion ($27.2 billion) in the year to May 31, up 1.8 per cent over the previous year. Asia-Pacific revenue grew 9 per cent, the fastest-growing region for the sixth consecutive year. Mark Fenton-Jones

A 17-year-old Melbourne schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter that sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary’s feed. Pearce Delphin admitted exposing a security flaw that was then pounced upon by hackers, affecting thousands of users and causing havoc on the micro-blogging site for about five hours.

Twitter apologised to its millions of users after the “mouseover bug" raged through the site. AFP

The Energy Users Association of Australia asked the Australian Energy Regulator to stick to its draft determination on Victorian electricity distribution network prices when it makes its final decision. “The AER has the opportunity to stem the tide of rising energy network prices by confirming their June 2010 Victorian draft decision as a final decision in October," it said. Jackie Range

Citigold Corp paid a $33,000 penalty after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission fined it for failing to tell investors about revised forecast gold production at its Charters Towers goldfield.Staff reporter

Outdated banking technology has made Australia a prime target for international ATM skimming gangs. “The offenders are telling us that they are targeting Australia because of the level of technology we have," said detective superintendent Colin Dyson of the NSW fraud squad. AAP

Western Australia has implemented the toughest anti-smoking laws in the country. AAP